Before Amphan

The rivers were very rough before super cyclone Amphan hit the coasts in Bangladesh. Hundreds of thousands of people in the coastal districts took refuge in the storm shelters.

Residents of Gabura, an island union in Satkhira’s Shyamnagar, are being moved across the Kholpetua river in an engine-powered boat to Nildumur shelter as Cylone Amphan approaches the coastline. Photo: Tomzid Mollick

Residents of Gabura, an island union in Satkhira’s Shyamnagar, are being moved across the Kholpetua river in an engine-powered boat to Nildumur shelter as Cylone Amphan approaches the coastline. Photo: Tomzid Mollick

An Ansar member takes a child from Gabura, an island union in Satkhira’s Shyamnagar, to the Nildumur cyclone shelter as Cyclone Amphan closes in on the coasts of Bangladesh. Photo: Tomzid Mollick

Residents of Gabura, an island union in Satkhira’s Shyamnagar, are being moved across the Kholpetua River in an engine-powered boat to Nildumur shelter as Cylone Amphan looms. Photo: Tomzid Mollick

Rivers across Bangladesh's coastal districts are swelling under the influence of Cyclone Amphan. Kholpetua River in Satkhira’s Shyamnagar, where water only flows downstream at low tide, was overflowing on Wednesday. Photo: Tomzid Mollick

Rivers across Bangladesh's coastal districts are swelling under the influence of Cyclone Amphan. Kholpetua River in Satkhira’s Shyamnagar, where water only flows downstream at low tide, was overflowing on Wednesday. Photo: Tomzid Mollick

The Kholpetua River in Satkhira’s Shyamnagar turns rough under the influence of Cyclone Amphan. Photo: Tomzid Mollick

A woman along with her child takes shelter at Buri Goalini Datina Khali Govt Primary School in Satkhira’s Shyamnagar Upazila as Cylone Amphan approaches the coastline. Photo: Tomzid Mollick

The residents of Shyamnagar take refuge at Buri Goalini Datina Khali Govt Primary School in Satkhira as Cylone Amphan nears the coastline. Photo: Tomzid Mollick

The residents of Shyamnagar take refuge at Buri Goalini Datina Khali Govt Primary School in Satkhira as Cylone Amphan nears the coastline. Photo: Tomzid Mollick

The sea was very rough in Chattogram’s Patenga on Wednesday afternoon just before the extremely severe cyclone made landfall. Photo: Suman Babu

The sea was very rough in Chattogram’s Patenga on Wednesday afternoon just before the extremely severe cyclone made landfall. Photo: Suman Babu

Volunteers of Cyclone Preparedness Programme warning the public at the Patenga beach in Chattogram before the extremely severe storm Amphan hit the coast on Wednesday. Photo: Suman Babu

Volunteers of Cyclone Preparedness Programme warning the public at the Patenga beach in Chattogram before the extremely severe storm Amphan hit the coast on Wednesday. Photo: Suman Babu

Volunteers of Cyclone Preparedness Programme warning the public at the Patenga beach in Chattogram before the extremely severe storm Amphan hit the coast on Wednesday. Photo: Suman Babu

Volunteers of Cyclone Preparedness Programme warning the public at the Patenga beach in Chattogram before the extremely severe storm Amphan hit the coast on Wednesday. Photo: Suman Babu

People who live near the coastline in Chattogram’s Patenga moving to storm shelters before the very severe cyclone Amphan made landfall. Photo: Suman Babu

Residents of Shyamnagar head towards the storm shelters with their livestock as Cylone Amphan moves closer to the coasts. Photo: Tomzid Mollick